Combined mop head and wringer.



No. 63|,250. Patented Aug. I5, I899. E. GAHLAU.

COMBINED MOP HEADAND WRINGER.

(Application filed May 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

EMIL GAHLAU, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 631,250, dated August 15, 1899.

Application filed May 9, 1898. Serial No. 680,190. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, EMIL GAHLAU, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hamp den and State of Massachu setts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop Holders and Wringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined mop holders and wringers.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of appliances of this class whereby the same shall be simple and economical of construction and very convenient and satisfactory in. use; and the invention consists in constructions and combinations of parts, all substantially as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mop-holder which embodies my invention, the crank or handle being shown as extended. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, the crank being shown as in its closed position. Fig. 3 is an end view showing the rollers separated. Fig.4 shows a modification in which the two rollers are geared together, the. construction being otherwise substantially the same as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Arepresents the rigid portion of the frame, which is formed from-a single piece of wire of sufficient strength and rigidity and which has its central portion coiled into the ring or forrule B, so as to form a socket to receive the lower end of the handle 0. From this ring B the two ends of the wire extend outwardly a suitable distance in proportion to the length of the rollers to be used, and then they are turned at right angles, so as to extend in a line with the handle, and these two outwardlyextending ends form arms D of suitable length, which have their ends formed into loops or rings F to receive the journals G of the roller The journals G consist of headed rods or bolts which project a suitable distance beyond the ends of the roller, and the heads upon these journals catch against the outer sides of the loops or rings upon the ends of the arms, so as to prevent the roller from having an endwise movement. This frame A is secured rigidly to the end of the handle and has no movement whatever,while the second frame I, carrying a roller J, is preferably formed from a single piece of wire which is bent at both sides of its center, so

as to form the two loops L, and thus pivot it upon the rigid frame A. This pivoted frame also has its ends formed into loops or rings M, and in these loops or rings is journaled the second roller J. .At one end of the roller J is a headed bolt G and at the other the bent wire P, which forms a portion of the handle,

is passed through the ring or loop and .rigidly secures the end of the roller in any suitable manner. The movable frame I has a pivoted swinging movement upon the rigid one sufficiently far to allow the two rollers to be separated, so that the mop can be freely inserted and removed whenever so desired. To the outer end of the bent wire P is pivoted the movable portion of the handle Q, which when not in use is folded down against the part P, but which when required for wringing the mop is turned outward at right angles, so as to form a regular handle or crank.

In order to clamp the two rollers against opposite sides of the mop, which is inserted between them, there are pivoted upon the journals of the roller J the two cam-locking arms R, also formed of wire and which are bent, as shown, and have aring or loop formed at one end so as to catch over the journals of the roller and which have their other end formed into a catch S, so as to'snap over the top of the stationary frame A, and thus 100 the two frames rigidly together.

The mop is inserted between the two rollers while they are separated, as shown in Fig. 3, and then the rollers are closed against opposite sides of the mop, and the cam-levers have their free ends made to catch over the stationary frame, as shown. Then by turning the handle first in one direction and then in the other the mop is made to run back and forth between the rollers, as may be desired. While the mop can be run back and forth and forced from between the rollers, it will be easiest to separate the rollers and then insert it.

Every part of the holder with the exception of three of the journals and the rollers being formed of wire, the holder is very easily and economically made and has a greater elasticity than one that is made of rigid metal.

As shown in Fig. 4:, the rollers may have gears at their ends to mesh the one with the other and thereby to cause the one to be positively rotated in unison with the other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a combined mop holder and wringer, the combination with a suitable handle having secured thereto a wire frame A comprising the opposite arms, and having journaled between them a wringer-roller, of a second wire frame comprising eyes which have interlocking and pivot-like engagements with the frame A, and opposite arms adapted to swing toward and away from said frame A, and having journaled between such arms the second wringer-roll, and meansfor detachably holding the one frame in its approached position relative to the other, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a combined mop holder and wringer, a handle having thereon the stationary frame A which has the two opposite arms formed at its ends into rings or loops, and a rollerhaving journals rotatably supported in said rings, a second frame engaged with the up per part of said frame A to swing relatively thereto having opposite arms constructed with rings or loops, a roller having its journals rotatably supported in such rings, and a locking device pivotally supported on each of the arms of the one frame and adapted to detachably engage the arms of the other frame, for the purposes set forth.

3. In a mop-holder, a rigid frame made of wire and having its center formed into a socket to receive the end of the handle, the outer ends of its arms provided with loops or rings; and the roller which is journaled in the loops or rings, combined with the movable portion of the frame which is bent at its center so as to pivot it upon the stationary frame, and which also has a roller journaled in the outer ends of its arms and means for holding the frames together substantially as set forth.

4. In a combined mop holder and wringer, a handle carrying two frames each having a roller journaled therein, and one of said rollers having the journal-shaft thereof extended angularly to the length of the roll to constitute a crank-arm and having a member pivoted on the extremity of said arm adapted to be projected at right angles thereto, and to be folded alongside thereof, substantially as described.

5. In a mop holder and wringer, two frames, one pivotally engaged with the other, and each having a roller journaled on and between its lower portions, combined with the cam-lockin g arms which are pivoted upon the journals of one of the rollers, and which catch over portions of the opposite frame, for the purpose of locking the rollers together in contact with the mop, substantially as described.

6. In a mop-holder formed wholly of wire, the stationary portion of the frame having its center formed into a socket to receive the end of the handle, the movable portion of the frame pivoted upon the stationary one, and the rollers pivoted in the two parts of the frame, combined with the jointed handle or crank which is connected to one of the rollers' and forms one of its journals, and the locking-levers, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts, this 27th day of April, 1898.

EMIL 'GAHLAU.

\Vitnesses:

P. R. WAooR, WM. S. BnLLows. 

